Stainless Steel Bolt Kits
Hi all,
In the process of restoring my car I ran across a place in England called Volksbolts who do complete bolt kits for VW's.
These guys are the BEST ...good prices, unreal packaging and service ..less than one week from the UK to Brisbane ...check it out if you need to replace your old, worn bolts and screws!
They are on EBay .... well worth the money!
Greg Gordon-Lane
Brisbane
Vw's are part of life's journey .... get on board!
VW Safari / Thing 1976 - "A work in progress"
Ducati St4s - "Poetry in motion"
what are they rated to? does it come with a tube of neverseize or similar so you can get them back out next year? stainless touching steel can get ugly in a year without it...
Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 🙂
STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.
The above are personal views, no more, no less
Yes I have heard good things about them but nothing about the long term stability of SS in against mild steel.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
Will find out ..I have my own antiseize ... I know what you mean .. the fender bolts on my car were absolutely age welded in .... not going to have that issue anymore!
Greg Gordon-Lane
Brisbane
Vw's are part of life's journey .... get on board!
VW Safari / Thing 1976 - "A work in progress"
Ducati St4s - "Poetry in motion"
i work with both, without grease/neverseize/threadlocker it will be a pain to take out later, either stripping threads, snapping bolts or rusting captive nuts free so you cant get it out without cutting heads off, trust me, use something between the two or stock up on drills, easy outs, helicoils & a tap & die set 🙂
Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 🙂
STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.
The above are personal views, no more, no less
Thanks for the advice and heads up ...that's why I love being part of this forum !
Greg Gordon-Lane
Brisbane
Vw's are part of life's journey .... get on board!
VW Safari / Thing 1976 - "A work in progress"
Ducati St4s - "Poetry in motion"
sounds like the standard steel bolts may have been a better option then. do they do steel bolt sets too?
Yes they do high tensile as well ....they cover all types of VW's ..worth a look and make up your own mind!
Greg Gordon-Lane
Brisbane
Vw's are part of life's journey .... get on board!
VW Safari / Thing 1976 - "A work in progress"
Ducati St4s - "Poetry in motion"
gerggl wrote:Stainless Steel Bolt Kits
Hi all,
In the process of restoring my car I ran across a place in England called Volksbolts who do complete bolt kits for VW's.
These guys are the BEST ...good prices, unreal packaging and service ..less than one week from the UK to Brisbane ...check it out if you need to replace your old, worn bolts and screws!
They are on EBay .... well worth the money!
Yes,
I have seen them on Ebay...
I used zinc coated high tensile bolts in My beetle along with anti seize.. but all the bolts in My beetle came out OK... none broken off etc... was a WA dry area car...
the zinc coated HT bolts would be much cheaper than high tensile stainless steel ones..
I have also used some HT stainless steel bolts in My car... hexagon and allen key headed.
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
I haven't any problems with bolts breaking off yet on the few pans I have dropped.
Have had one or two tight ones though.
The thing I like about those ss bolt kits for them is the load spreaders. They look beefy as and are also ss.
😀
yay!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VW-Type3-Variant-STAINLESS-Body-Pan-Bolts-Washers-/380242446157?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item588837474d
stupid thing is, I look at my quarter panel bolts and they look brand new!
Will be a shame to change to ss just because they are not ss.
see
😀
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
i would not use stainless bolts in a steel body at all to bolt stuff up, the difference in they're make up will cause corrosion in the weaker metal, (that being the steel).
STIDUB has got it right.
use some never-sieze or something of the like.
i use zinc coated bolts, they do the trick well👍
I have done this to my bmx. time will tell what effect the ss bolts will have on the steel and aluminum
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
Guys stainless bolts sound good in theory because they won't corrode, which is true if they are on their own. But couple them up with a steel body and you will induce corrosion, galvanic corrosion. Read here for more info
http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=98
Zinc plated or galvanized is they way to go.
ok so this is a good warning for anybody wanting to use stainless steel bolts not to.
only if in liquid solution containing ions.
if its dry no prob, clean neutral water should be fine too.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
Thanks guys ..got some Loctite anti seize .. all will be well!
Greg Gordon-Lane
Brisbane
Vw's are part of life's journey .... get on board!
VW Safari / Thing 1976 - "A work in progress"
Ducati St4s - "Poetry in motion"
